Penticton about 113.9 per litre Oliver downtown prices range from 117.5 to 119.9 per litre Kelowna and Grand Forks about 132.9 per litre – more than 20-25 cents a litre MORE Price war? – no reasonable reason for the difference. All prices here from reliable sources and can change on a dime or any second […]

Yellow bags should be placed outside your home for the 9th Annual BC Thanksgiving Food Drive by 9:30 am The donations will be picked up by volunteer “runners” wearing BC Thanksgiving Food Drive identification. Residents of homes that do not receive a bag are encouraged to drop off non-perishable food donations at the Best of […]

  Free at Last! Three years ago this weekend Kevin Garratt stepped off the plane in Vancouver as a free man. He and his wife Julia had been in China for about 30 years: teaching English, operating a coffee shop near the border with North Korea, channeling aid to needy people in North Korea and […]

SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD Most people of my generation were brought up in the old fashioned way, bad behaviour earned corporal punishment, usually in the form of a smack on the behind. Not for my grandma was the theory of talking to the child and explaining how my misdeed had caused her […]

Empty Closed OK Falls IGA what next?

1921 – Oliver was growing – an irrigation ditch was being built – workers had children so a small school was needed and it operated in the basement of the United Church and a nearby auto garage. by 1923 – a two classroom school had been built north of Fairview Rd ( School Board offices […]